December 13th 2005New CD "david and the christynas"
I'm making them right now
If you want one before our party
(which will be sometime in January)
You can either get it here
Or.....
Find me I'll have them with me
July 15th 2005
Some of you might already know that the Christynas have a trio called "The Default Trio"But did you know that the trio now has a webstie?
June 29th 2005
Here's the latest
The Christynas and I have a two song DVD out
Commemorating our one year anniversary
It's a live recording with footage from our first True Love show
To some of our most recent ones

date ? 2005 What have I been doing?
Well the "Wendy Tapes" and "Songs From Winter" are done
And so is "No Bongos Tonight"
I added the Christynas to a few more songs on that CD
Besides "Singer/Shadows"
We did "Evie", "Trouble" and "Hopeless Romantics"
And I have another surprise for you
"The New Old CD" with Me, Erik, Miss, and Pat is now plus the Christynas
I just couldn't help myself
I had to do it

January ? 2005

Jerry Perry sent out a e-mail
Asking people to send in what they thought the best and worst of last year was
And all I can tell only you is what I saw and heard and liked
Or what I can remember
And I'm sorry but I can only talk about people I've worked with or friends of mine
The most obvious bad thing that happened
Was Kevin and Allyson having to close True Love
But here are a bunch of good things
These were outstanding moments for me
Adrian Bourgeois play at Fox and Goose the first night he got his looper pedal
And Christopher Fairman couldn't find any underages shows
So he booked his on show at that theater across from F & G (sorry I don't know what it's called)
And then sold it out
Seeing Jay Shaner with his new band play their first show at Old Ironsides
Hearing Johnny Gutenberg talk for a half an hour at Luna's Wednesday night Mood Swings
Hearing The Miles for the first time with their new line up at Old I
I didn't think I would like it as much
Because I like the way Dave plays guitar
But with him on keys and Ben playing guitar
It really opens up
Another really great moment was
Mark Harrod sitting on the stage at Luna's with his wife old beat up nylon string guitar
And singing a dozen brand new songs
I really enjoy people trying new things or having open minds
Or seeing that light bulb go off in their heads
Like Bobby Jordan working on a new song and saying
"I don't want to have any strumming guitar on it this time"
And for me personally
The very best thing that happened
Was having Christina Maradik (viola) and Krystyna Ogella (cello) start playing with me

As I'm writing this I'm starting to remember more stuff
But I've got to get back to work
And I know you need this
So that's all for now

Happy day afterI have been obsessed lately
Well okay for the last few months
I had this really cool idea to fix a couple of older recordings
It started with a song called "Incense To Excess" which is on "Songs From Winter"
There was a line at the end of the first that was wrong
I don't know how it got by me
But it did
At first I was going to edit in the correct line
And I thought "Hey, why don't I just sing it over again"
As soon as I thought that the dam broke
Or a light came on
Or a lighting bolt struck....
Why don't I put real drums on these songs and re-sing them?
To make them sound a little more like I do now
And why not do "The Wendy Tapes" too!
Versions 2.4
I know what your thinking
But I couldn't see it at the time
Anyway then the proverbial can of worms overflowed
Then on June 6th....
Oh wait I have to back up a bit
Sometime during the week before the 6th I got a call from Kim at Old I
Yes another one of those calls
It was their anniversary weekend extravaganza
And would I like to do something for the Songs From The Sixties night
I said of course I would we hung-up
Then I started to calling band mates to see who would be available
You know what?
The date is starting to come back to me
It was Friday evening the 4th of June
I come in to work Saturday and find out that nobody is available
So now I'm wonder what 60's songs can I do by myself
Leonard Cohen songs of course
And as I thought that I was struck by another bolt of lighting
It would be cool to do with strings
And that night I ran into Christina Maradik
Who plays the viola in The Default Trio with Krystyna Ogella who play the cello
I ask her if she would like to do the show
She said yeah and would check in with Krystyna to see if she could
Then on Sunday the 6th she called and said we were a go
So back to the 6th
I had to start writing string arrangements for cello and viola
The old I show was going to be on the17th
I also had a show on the 19th at True Love
And I'm thinking
It would be a shame to just play those songs once
So I called Christina back to see they could do the 19th as well
She said she'd check and called back a few hours latter to say yes
And then I thought
It would be a shame to have them there and only play four songs
We should do a whole set
I can't begin to tell you how great and magical it was from the very first rehearsal
So I've been obsessed with working on "Songs From Winter" and "The Wendy Tapes"
And string arrangements for Christina and Krystyna
"The Christynas" as I affectionately call them
Isn't that enough?
Well there's more
Yes there's more
We have been recording some new songs for the next CD
No I'm not going to tell you what songs we've recorded
Not yet anyway
But I can tell you their on "I'll Never See Wendy Again" and "Anton's New Girlfriend"
And a song from "No Bongos Tonight" called "Singer/Shadows"
And in a few weeks we're going to try a couple of songs from "Songs From Winter"

Well I started to write something hereBut......
It's now August 18th
So I'll just start over

March 14th 2004

I know I know
January, February,
Macrh?
But I been working on it really
So here's some of what I've been working on
The Public Nuisance website and this one
That's right
I've put up a couple of video clips of the DVD's
And I wanted to tell you how lame I was
I forgot to take any photo's of the show at The Brick
We...
Erik and Garin and myself
Along with Adam Varona and his crew Dave and Julie (from Squish)
And Ty (from Richard March's band) had a great time
Anyway the next time I play there someone
Please
Remind me to take my camera
Okay?

So...I have finally finished editing the halloween show
And it's available if you want to see it (and hear it)
And...
The new CD "Earth And Moon" is out (also finally)
No...
That's not all I've been doing
But it seems like
I wrote and recorded a song for Allyson
It was for her birthday (Dec. 27th)
I asked Kevin if you would like to sing some harmonies on it
He said of course he would
You'll have to ask her to play it for you sometime
Oh, man
I forgot to tell you about the last show at True Love
But their closing right now so I'll finish tomorrow

January 13th

So..My last True Love show of the year...
Oh wait
Here comes Allyson
I think she wants to talk
Be back in awhile...

The Halloween show at Old I show went well I thought
Megan did really great
And of course Matt rocked
We brought the Theremin to use on Holy Man
But the sound man couldn't get it hook up
And I didn't think to plug it in to an amp until the next day
It was very crazy there
Crazy in a good way
I even had some friends film it
Later that night we went over to True Love Coffeehouse
And played the Waffle set for Allyson and the crew

October 29th 2003

Surprise!I have something new for youIt's a live at Luna's DVDThat's right DVD

And let's see what elseOh, yeahI'm going to do a Public Nuisance set at Old IronsidesWhen?Friday night, HalloweenIt's for the Dead Rock Star night

Okay, I'm sitting here at True Love CoffeehouseAnd I thought I'd tell you about the show I had here last Saturday nightWell, to start withLarry Tagg played bassAndMark Harrod played drums and sangAnd I got out the Rick 12 stringAs some of you might knowA "Rick" can be a little touchySo it was a struggle to keep in tuneBut when it was in it was greatLarry's getting married next monthSo I picked a punch of his favorite songsAnd songs that I thought would have special meaningOf course we had a lot of fun

When we where doneI suggested that everyone get a waffleAnd hang out and talk with us

I made some new friendsAmy and EvaIt was their first time to the True LoveThey split a strawberry waffleNo, I didn't have anyThey we're done with it by the time I helped Mark load up his drumsBut we did talk for awhile'til they closed

I got up late on SundayHad dinner and watched a movie with my Mom
And today
I tried to figure out what I'm going to do at Luna's this coming Saturday

What does that mean?

Well.......What songs am I going to doWhat guitar am I going to playAnd what amp will I useThat kind of stuffOh, and the order of the songsI think I got it all sorted outThen I tried to work on the cover of a new cdThat I haven't told you about yetBut I need to re-scan the main cover artLet's see then what did I do?

Watered the plantsChecked my e-mailPayed a billThen came over hereTalked with Amanda for a little whileAnd then wrote thisOkay, so I going to go nowSee you later

From the traffic on my message boardI didn't think anybody was out thereBut a couple of people said that I shouldn't be so..Pessimistic about itI said "Who me?"I guess I take it for granted that I see everyone of you all the time

So anyway here I amI think you've all heard the White Strips storyThey are covering a song I wrote when I was in the Public Nuisance "Small Face

Let's see other newsI've just finished another CDIt's called "The Past"

I've been working on a videoLive At Luna'sAnd I've got to go now..

January 3rd 2002

I don't think this is newsBut...I was writing to my friend KimTelling her about my new years eveAnd thought I should put it up here also

December 31st 2001

Let's see it started about 6:00 p.m.Well actually it started about 4:30 loading up the carI wanted to get there earlyYou know beat the rushSo this is how it wentFirst:Unload the carAnd you know I don't know how I got all that stuff in thereWell you'll see what I mean in a bitI had talked to Kev a couple of days earlierAbout bringing some more lightsWe both thought it would be a good ideaSo that was the first thing I was going to set upBut for some reason when I there(By the way this is all happening at the True Love Coffeehouse)I decided to set up my keyboard rig firstWhich consisted of a Leslie combo speaker cabinetA OB-3 organ module, a studio logic keyboard controller and a mini moogAnd a bunch of assorted cablesOh, I forgot to tell you that Dave Brockman was thereAnd he was helping me unload the carWe started talking about motion simulator speakers and different kinds keyboardsI think this is way I set the keyboard stuff up firstAnyway I set up stage rightIf you're looking at the stage that's on your left hand sideSo I finally get it going and Dave couldn't wait to play with the miniAnd then out of nowhere a woman (her name was Annie)Walked up and asked if she could play it too
I said okayBut she was disappointed to find it would only play one note at a timeAnd so lost interest very quicklyAllyson had asked Dave to help with some of the party decorationsActually I think Dave volunteeredAnnie had said she was boredSo I suggested she help Dave with the ribbons he was hangingAnd I stared in on hanging the extra lighting and running the necessary cablesEarlier in the dayKev and Al had hung some red foil ribbon kind of stuff on the wall behind the stageSo I choose this really bright red light for out in frontIt looked really coolJust about the time I finished with the other lightsKev showed upI couldn't wait to show him the lightsWe then started talking about the stage set upAnd both agreed I should be the other sideStage left or your rightSo then I unplugged and untangled all the cablesAnd moved to the other side

Man, I can't believe I haven't even got to the show part of the evening yetOr told what bands where playingThat I can do right knowThe Knockoffs, Popgun and the return of Go NationalOkay, where was II just finished moving my keyboard stuff (right?)And it's about 8:30By now members of the different bands were arrivingAnd also people to see the showI'm actually a little stressed outSo I order a coffee and some crackersAnd tried to relax

Here we go

Oh, I forgot to tell you that while I was doing all that stuffThey had taken all the tables a chair outWell actually they left some of the chairsAnd put them up against the wallsKev asked me if I would like to handle the lights (yes, I would)He welcomes everyoneAnd then introduces The KnockoffsThe room is full of people all standing up of courseI have to tell you this because by the time it gets to the soloDanny the lead guitarist comes running out of the crowdAll he's got his wireless guitar, black underwear (boxers)And pieces of electrical tape xing out his nipplesThere were so many peopleWe could barely see them on the stageAnd then here comes DannyYou never know what's going to happen at a Knockoff showBobby, Little Tom, Big Tom and DannyI hope you get a chance to see them for yourself

Up next Popgun

While the Knockoffs were doing their setI asked Warren (that's Warren from Warren Bishop and The Holy Men)If he would do the lights for Popgun and Go Nash(he said yes)Did I tell you I was going to play with Popgun?Just tambourine and shakersAnd acoustic guitar on one song "Penny"As a special treat they had decided to play all the song from there new CDYes, they are recording it with meBut back to the showAs I said earlier there were a lot of people thereBut up in front you could barely tell where the crowd ended and the stage beganIt was really coolWell actually it was extremely warmWith the extra lights and all the rockin' bodiesIt was very hot and stuffJust the way a good rock show should be, right?There was a woman standing right beside me who had never seen or heard Popgun beforeShe said she had to step out for a few minutes to get some airYes that's how packed it wasIn fact it was so crowded and loud and wild and crazyI had to send messages to Warren
(Who by know had also taken over PA duty)When Kevin Harrod's keyboard need to be louderOr to turn my guitar up when I was going to playWhoever was standing at my shoulder would carry the message
(I think it was Matt)All of a sudden the woman who stepped out was backShe kept screaming that Popgun was her new favorite band

And now the long awaited return of Go National

Okay, I had forgot one thingTo mic. the Leslie cabinetBut I had prepared for itSo I ran out to my car(Well stumbled through the crowd is more like it)To get a stand, cable and mic.By the time I get back Go Nash is just about readyDid I mention there was a back line set up?That's when the drums and amps stay on stageAnd everyone uses the same equipmentSo set changes go very quicklyBobby , Kev and Allyson are tuning upDave's checking the snareAnd I'm on the floor trying to plug in a microphoneOkay so we're finally ready to goIt's about three minutes to midnightAnd is it possible that there are even more peopleThe plane is for Kev and Al to the count down thing and we will start

Five , four, three, two, one, Happy New Year

And then one, two, three, four, bam, right into the first song "Motorcycle"Everything was going greatBut then about three quarters of the way though the setKev broke a stringNo problem he had his Tele there for back upA quick tune up and we're off againAnd then two songs latterDave say he smells something burningAnd of course it's Kev's ampThe one that everybody else used that nightSo he say's F*** it and I'll just singWhich he does for the next songAnd then Al say's to use her ampSo she gets a tambourine and Kev plugs in for the last two songsThe crowd didn't seem to mind any of thisThey were having a blastIt seemed like everyone in the first two rows knew the lyrics to all the songsAnd were all singing alongIt was very coolAnd there's more

The first waffle set of 2002

That's right I had the privilege of doing the first waffle set of the new yearI asked Garin and Erik if they would join me (they said yes)Mark sees that we are going to play and asks if I would like him to singHum, let me think about about that for maybe like a half second
So we get set up and everyone is still whooping and holleringI'm trying to get Warren's attention
And then..
You know how they play music between bandsWell by some strange coincidence "I'm Into You" starts playingSo Mark and I lip-sincYes, that's rightThe whole songFinally we get in touch with WarrenAnd start to playLike most of the waffle setsIt an all request nightAnd friends from the audience are encouraged to join usDave Brockman figured out how to turn my organ rig on after a few songsThat was a big surpriseThen Laticha came up and sang with Mark on "Heather Robinson"And then Kevin Harrod got up and sang with usAnd for the life of me I can't remember what song right nowOh, what a minuteIt was "Tambourine Girl"How could I forgetThen someone asked for "A Minor Medley"Mark and Becky took this opportunity to say there good-byesThere are a few more requestsAnd then Steve Amaral asked "Cara"Then he wanted another request "My Own Personal Goddess"I gave him a hard time for wanting two in a rowYou knowGive someone else a turnThen he said it was Annie who wanted to hear itI said rightSo asked Annie come up on stage to confirm her requestAllyson just happens to be walking bySo she sneaks up and starts singing with us

I know there is so much I'm leaving outBut these are the highlights that I remember at the momentOh yeah there is one more thingI woke up the next day with a cold

Did I tell you that all of my CDs are available at the True Love Coffeehouse?That's right even the new one "No Bongos Tonight"

April 30th 2001
Ever since the Smammie's nightI've wanted to tell you what that evening was likeBut between working, playing and writing new songs oh and being sickI haven't had a chanceAnd then a few weeks ago I was talking with my friend Heather RobinsonAnd she told me about this review in the State HornetSo I'm just going to let Ryan tell you all about it

10th Anniversary Sammies

Reviewed by Ryan EndeanState HornetApril 04, 2001

Sacramento's biggest and brightest musical stars all gathered togetherlast Wednesday to honor each other at the 10th annual SacramentoArea Music Awards at the Crest Theatre in downtown Sacramento.

The annual award show highlights the Sacramento music scene andits musicians and raises money for local charities. This year theproceeds from the show went to the Wind Youth Center and Joe's Style Shop.Hosted by local music moguls Eric Bianchi and Laura Ingle, the showwas a mix of awards, performances, and hijinxs typical of a gathering of musicians.The show started off with a bang, literally, with a performance bySacramento Taiko Dan, a highly energetic Asian drum troupe.

The big winners of the evening included country rock group Forever Goldrushfor Outstanding Country Band, the lead singer, Damon Wycoff,took home the Critic's Choice Award for male vocalist.The group also played an amazing three-song set during the show,wowing the crowd. The Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Group award went toThe C.U.F., who won the award for the second year in a row.Taking home the award for Outstanding Rock Band
was Sacramentos big boys Oleander.The group accepted their award via satellite from a hotel roomsomewhere in Ohio. The group also presented the award for CriticsChoice New Band, which went to the Freight Train Riders of America.The Outstanding Pop Band award went to The Skirts, an all-female popgroup. The Skirts also presented the award for Outstanding R&B/FunkBand, which went to Funkengruven. Probably the most anticipatedband of the evening, Luxt, a heavy metal band that closely mirroredtheir performance to Korn, won the Outstanding Metal award andplayed during the concert.

The Outstanding Folk Band award seemed to hold a lot of controversybehind it. As the nominations for the award were being read, the crowdchanted for David Houston, one of the nominees. Houston lost tosecond-time winner Xenophilia and the crowd did not seem contentwith the decision and continued to chant Houston's name.

The award show also included the SAMMIES Hall of Fame awards,which went to long-time winners Tattooed Love Dogs, Los Elegantesand Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers. The award for longest speechof the evening went to Critic's Choice Guitarist winner G.B. of MagnoliaThunderfinger. His speech was so long that hosts Laura Ingle and EricBianchi dubbed him the Julia Roberts of the 2001 SAMMIES.

Though the show did have its high points, it also had some serious lowpoints. Easily the lamest point in the evening came when long-timeSacramento band Tesla announced the award for Band of the Decadeto......themselves. In a video shot the previous week, Tesla and hostLaura Ingle, opened the envelope and presented the award tothemselves. The crowd was far from amused.

The hosts, Bianchi and Ingle, left much to be desired. The pair hashosted the show for many years, however, this year they seemed tohave left their humor at home. Bianchi and Ingle slowed the show downto almost a halt every time they had the microphone. The show wouldhave been much better hosted by real representatives f theSacramento music scene.

Bobby Jordan of The Knockoffs and Red Star Memorial and Skid Jonesof Magnolia Thunderfinger would be prime candidates for next year'shosting position. In the two minutes that Jordan and Jones were onstage to present the award for Critic's Choice for Bassist, they werefunnier and wittier than Bianchi and Ingle could ever hope to be. Themost redeeming moment of the evening came at the very end of theshow, after most of the audience and the musicians had already gone home.

After the last award was presented, punk rocker icons 7 Seconds, thewinners of the Outstanding Punk Band award, played an amazing setto the die-hard crowd that stuck around till the end.

The set by 7 Seconds was a perfect finish to the awards show as itwas a perfect example of how music should be. 7 Seconds invitedfellow punk band The Knockoffs on stage to engage in some seriousrock and roll hijinxs. At one point, Knockoffs singer Danny Secretionwas down to his underwear sliding around on the water-soaked stage.

Regardless of the lack of hosting and some unwanted upsets in theawards, the show was a success and did a fine job of acknowledgingand embracing the huge Sacramento music scene and all of itshard-working musicians.

I can't believe it's been so longSince I've posted anything up hereI mean it's Halloween already or wasI guess there is a lot of new stuff to tell youBut you probably already knowLike MP3.com David HoustonOr the DarkboardThere are plans for an exclusive MP3 CDThat should be ready very soonBy the way the IPO concert was greatAnd that's all I can think of right nowI'm on my way to the Open Mic

Some time in June

I'm never sure what to do with this pageI don't know if this is news or notBut....I have been invited to play at IPOThat's International Pop OverthrowCheck out their websiteAnd yes
I have started on the next CD